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Language: Japanese
Language: Japanese
Armguard, part of armour armour

Parts of a suit of armour: Pair of arm guards with hand protection. Consisting of of moulded metal and papier-mâché parts, some painted in gold or black. papier-mâché. Further sections of chain mail armour. All mounted on coloured silk fabric on coloured silk fabric. A swastika as a family emblem on the back of each hand. Storage box (jap. kiribako) with inscription in black ink: Teijô Koyama Matsukichi (gift from Koyama Matsukichi).

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data

Object type
protective wear
Dimensions
120 x 352 x 232 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 43116
Other number(s)
RJM 1949/08

Provenance and sources

when
1600-1850
Period/Style
Edo period
where
Japan
Asia -> East Asia -> Japan

when
1934-1938
who
Dirksen, Herbert von - Recipients

when
1950-06-02
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